Cartagena Local Police has released statistics in 2015 that agents conducted 1,180 benefits and assistance to persons transferred to municipal services for quick remedy anomalies 1,498 public.
On balance the intervention of the local police in Cartagena in the arrest of 374 people for committing different crimes is reflected, most of them, 234, against road safety.
Indeed, the local police in Cartagena, always aware of the importance of this issue, has participated in all the campaigns promoted by the Directorate General of Traffic, ranging from alcohol and drugs while driving and use control seat belt and child restraint systems, among others
Another highlight of 2015 was the number of traffic accidents have increased compared to 2014, from 585 to 701 interventions.
Meanwhile section of Judicial Police Traffic, as a result of the breathalyzer tests performed, reported 425 people exceed allowable limits, 234 of them with high rates that led to prosecution and five drug use;
all with slight decrease with respect to 2014.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena